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Webmaster

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1998 | 97 min | Science Fiction, Thriller

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and mixed reviews, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and sci-fi fans. If you loved Upgrade or Looper, start here.
The mood
Tense, mind-bending.
The pace
Fast-moving, at 1 hr 37 min.
What might put you off
It's in Danish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

J.B. (Lars Bom) - an ultra-talented Webmaster of an illicit cyber-domain known for massive amounts of illegal money transfers is captured and is put under suspicion by the cyber-domain boss named Stoiss (Jørgen Kiil) when an intruder hacks into the system and steals the Stoiss’s money. Stoiss sticks a heart controller device on J.B. and gives him 35 hours to find who took his money or he dies.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    Mixed reviews

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerSolid

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 1K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Thomas Borch Nielsen

  • Lars BomJ.B.
  • Puk ScharbauMiauv
  • Jørgen KiilStoiss
  • Mads Parsum
  • Dorte Westh Lehrmann
  • Flemming Jetmar
  • Sonnich Morgenstern
  • Alexandre Willaume
  • Mette Brodersen
  • Carsten Christensen